Wow, I haven't posted since last year..........
hehe :)))
Merry Christmas and Happy 2017!!!!
I made no New Years resolutions, ha.
New Year, no changes, basically.
but anyways..............................................................................
YO, I finally threw big!!
This guy was the result of throwing about 6 lbs of clay !!!!!!
Throwing a large amount of clay for the first time was a spectacular experience. It was exhilariating. Afterwards, my hands were tingling. Haha, it was so fun and thrilling. It took a lot of force and control. Every movment and touch had to be controlled and intentional or the pot would go off-center. I found that a larger amount of clay is like 10x more responsive to my touch. So things could go wacko and it would be harder to get the clay back to the center. I think I did fairly well my first time. I'm just proud that I made something haha.
I also threw two other large pots (from 7 lbs and 8 lbs of gray clay), but I guess I forgot to take greenware pictures of them (?? I think ??). But they were bique-fired right before Christmas break so I'll pictures up later.
Throwing a large amount of clay for the first time was a spectacular experience. It was exhilariating. Afterwards, my hands were tingling. Haha, it was so fun and thrilling. It took a lot of force and control. Every movment and touch had to be controlled and intentional or the pot would go off-center. I found that a larger amount of clay is like 10x more responsive to my touch. So things could go wacko and it would be harder to get the clay back to the center. I think I did fairly well my first time. I'm just proud that I made something haha.
I also threw two other large pots (from 7 lbs and 8 lbs of gray clay), but I guess I forgot to take greenware pictures of them (?? I think ??). But they were bique-fired right before Christmas break so I'll pictures up later.
So what's my plan???
I am super duper pumped for sure to do something with these large pots!!! I've always had this vision to apply my concentration to something really, really big. Like my ultimate goal is to throw a HUGE cylinder and then the underglaze detail will be similar to this pot ----->
Basically, I want to do what I've already done, but BIGGER.
I'm getting there :)
Basically, I want to do what I've already done, but BIGGER.
I'm getting there :)
Below are sketches I did way back......... but this is what I'm thinking. Got some fresh stuff too, just no pictures yet ://// but no worries, they're up and coming.